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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Processes involved in estimating - budgeting - and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
authority
work authorization system (Tool)
lead (Technique)
2. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded
change control board (CCB)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
work performance information
3. Group of potential causes of risk. such as technical - external - organizational - environmental - project management. a category may include subcategories
risk category
Monte Carlo simulation
develop project charter (Process)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
4. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced
defect
schedule network analysis (Technique)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
perform integrated change control (Process)
5. Schedule network diagramming technique in which schedule activities are represented by boxes or nodes. schedule activities are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are performed
project management system (Tool)
assumptions
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
estimate activity durations (Process)
6. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
project management plan (Output/Input)
finish to finish (FF)
7. Graphic display of schedule related information.
Gantt chart (Tool)
manage project team (Process)
define activities (Process)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
8. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance
plan procurements (Process)
start date
performance measurement baseline
sponsor
9. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
variance analysis (Technique)
work authorization
progressive elaboration (Technique)
pareto chart (Tool)
10. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence
communications management plan (Output/Input)
work authorization
stakeholder
approved change request (Output/Input)
11. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.
late finish date (LF)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
activity
hammock activity
12. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
log
scope management plan(Output/Input)
approved change request (Output/Input)
tool
13. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
Monte Carlo analysis
project
finish to start (FS)
define activities (Process)
14. Float (total float - free float)
slack
project organization chart (Output/Input)
project phase
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
15. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause
pareto chart (Tool)
total float
expert judgment (Technique)
preventative action
16. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity
imposed date
estimate activity resources (Process)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
develop human resource plan (Process)
17. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project
assumptions
project initiation
threat
invitation for bid (IFB)
18. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
lessons learned knowledge base
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
project life cycle
decision tree analysis (Technique)
19. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented
residual risk
start date
monitor and control risks (Process)
milestone schedule (Tool)
20. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
assumptions analysis (Technique)
deliverable (Output/Input)
log
risk tolerance
21. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy
risk acceptance (Technique)
budget
schedule baseline
project manager
22. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
develop human resource plan (Process)
variance
reserve
data date
23. Any numbering system used to uniquely identify each component of the work breakdown structure
code of accounts (Tool)
close procurements (Process)
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
24. Collection of generally sequential - non overlapping product phases whose name and number are determined by the manufacturing and control needs of the organization.
near critical activity
portfolio
product life cycle
early finish date (EF)
25. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations
expected monetary value (EMV)
develop project charter (Process)
staffing management plan
distribute information (Process)
26. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.
Delphi technique (Technique)
reserve
activity duration
material
27. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
preventative action
assumptions
request for information (RFI)
28. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.
virtual team
project
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
invitation for bid (IFB)
29. Work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.
fast tracking (Technique)
risk tolerance
planning package
quality
30. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com
schedule baseline
common cause
determine budget (Process)
late start date (LS)
31. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity
scheduled start date (SS)
budget
quality
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
32. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
request for information (RFI)
path convergence
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
manage project team (Process)
33. A condition or situation favorable to the project - a positive set of circumstances - a positive set of events - a risk that will have a positive impact.
opportunity
Delphi technique (Technique)
acceptance criteria
free float
34. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
actual cost (AC)
virtual team
trend analysis (Technique)
35. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
manage project team (Process)
sub network
activity duration
material
36. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu
matrix organization
project scope statement (Output/Input)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
opportunity
37. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
sub network
project management team
virtual team
fast tracking (Technique)
38. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
schedule model (Tool)
develop human resource plan (Process)
earned value management (EV
execute
39. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
budget at completion (BAC)
project management plan (Output/Input)
work package
work authorization
40. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase
rolling wave planning (Technique)
initiating processes (Process Group)
slack
conduct procurements (Process)
41. One of the defining points of a schedule network; a junction point joined to some or all of the other dependency lines
authority
master schedule (Tool)
node
resource
42. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram
verification
expected monetary value (EMV)
path convergence
activity identifier
43. Action taken to bring a defective or nonconforming component into compliance with requirements or specifications
define scope (Process)
rework
seller
actual duration
44. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
bottom-up estimating (Technique)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
validation
45. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
float
authority
earned value (EV)
closing processes (Process Group)
46. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
verification
parametric estimating (Technique)
schedule network analysis (Technique)
threat
47. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
influence diagram (Tool)
project calendar
functional organization
forward pass
48. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so
actual cost of work performed
change control system (Tool)
baseline
calendar unit
49. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
perform quality control (Process)
start date
executing processes (Process Group)
50. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.
estimate (Output/Input)
template
request for information (RFI)
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)